Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Big Brother 8

It's time again for America's Favorite Televised Fishbowl.



Big Brother is something I could never do. It has nothing to do with being televised. I can act the fool right along with the next person. However, I don't know if I could handle the crippling boredom for $500,000. And as houseguests get bumped off week-after-week and the house gets quieter and quieter, the boredom must get worse and worse.

A few observations:

- Is Les Moonves padlocking the fridge? Julie Chen is looking awfully undernourished. It might be time to place an intervention call to Sally Struthers. I'll donate my 30 cents. Pretty soon there won't be anything left to put the body glitter on.

- How 'come only three houseguests had to pair up with their enemies? I would have loved to have seen a 50/50 split. Maybe that's a hidden surprise - if an enemy gets voted out, a new enemy enters the house.

- If "America's Player" wins, do I get a cut of the winnings?

- The helium sucker award this season goes to Jessica. If the current voice actress for Minnie Mouse ever retires, Jessica's a shoe-in.

- Is it me, or is Joe more a caricature of a gay man than an actual gay man?

- I feel very bad for Danielle. Yes, casting her estranged Dad as her enemy makes for good television, but yikes! If I were her, I would swear Mom had an immaculate conception. In fact, I'd love the show to allow us to meet Mom, because that's gotta be where Danielle got most of her genes from.

- I watched a few minutes of Big Brother After Dark on Showtime. If you're way into people puttering around the backyard for hours at a stretch, you're gonna LOVE this broadcast!

Right now I have no favorite to win. After a few of the weaker ones get bumped off, then I'll know who I'm behind. Hopefully there's a latent Dr. Will in the house ready to start acting like a puppet-master. THAT makes for good Big Brother watching.

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